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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 1083658" data-attributes="member: 18225">You should have read further down:&quot;First known attribution to Jefferson in print:We&nbsp; have found no attributions of this quotation to Thomas Jefferson in&nbsp; print.&nbsp; It has been attributed to him on various sites on the Internet&nbsp; (particularly discussion boards) since at least 2001.Comments: This quotation has not been found in the&nbsp; writings of Thomas Jefferson.&nbsp; The language is somewhat uncharacteristic&nbsp; of Jefferson&#039;s style.&nbsp; &quot;Stand around&quot; in the sense used here is not an&nbsp; expression that can be found in Jefferson&#039;s letters.&nbsp; He almost always&nbsp; wrote &quot;every body&quot; instead of &quot;everybody.&quot;&nbsp; And there are no instances&nbsp; of the word &quot;reload&quot; (or variations thereof) referring to firearms in&nbsp; Jefferson&#039;s writings.&nbsp;- Anna Berkes, 9/17/12&quot;Thanks for looking that up for me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 1083658, member: 18225"] You should have read further down: [B] "[I]First known attribution to Jefferson in print[/I][/B]:[I][SIZE=3][B][U]We have found no attributions of this quotation to Thomas Jefferson in print[/U][/B][/SIZE]. It has been attributed to him on various sites on the Internet (particularly discussion boards) since at least 2001. [/I] [I][B]Comments:[/B] This quotation has not been found in the writings of Thomas Jefferson. The language is somewhat uncharacteristic of Jefferson's style. "Stand around" in the sense used here is not an expression that can be found in Jefferson's letters. He almost always wrote "every body" instead of "everybody." And there are no instances of the word "reload" (or variations thereof) referring to firearms in Jefferson's writings.[/I] - Anna Berkes, 9/17/12" Thanks for looking that up for me. [/QUOTE]

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